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VOLUME VIII. Church Directory. METHODlST.—Douglasville—First, thin) *nd fifth Bnnd*yK Salt SPRlMGa—Second Suiuby, ard Satur >:n before. Midway—Fourth Sunday, and Satnrdav K, fore. W. 11. FAOTE. Pastor. Bap J ist—Douglasville, firat and fourth Bun days. Itev. A.. R Vaughn, pastor. Masonic, Douglasville No. 289, F. A. M.,meeti ou Saturday night before the firat and third Sundays in each month. J. R. Carter, W. M., W. J. Catnp, Secy. v County Directory. Ordinary—H. T. Cooper. Clerk—o. N. Densest. Sheriff—Henry Ward. Deputy Sheriff—(.t. M. Souter. Tax R'.ieeiver—E. H. Camp. Tai Collector—W. A. Sayer. Treasurer—Samuel Shannon. Surveyor—John St. Hney. Coroner—-F. 51 Mitchell. SUI'BWOIt COURT. Meeta on third Mcudajs in January and Ju’j and holds two weeks. Judge—Hon. Samson W. Harris. 801. Gent—Hon. Harry M. Reid. Clerk—B, N. Dorsett. Sheriff—Henry Ward. COUNT! COURT. Meets in quarterly Mission on fourth Mon and holds until all the cases on the docket are oaiied. In monthly session it meeta on fourth Mondays in each month. Judge —Hon. IL A. Massey. Hol. Gent—Hon. W. T. Roberta. Bailiff—D. W. Johns. oa»nfAny'B OOUBT ’ Meeta for ordinary purpose* on first Monday, and for county purposes on first Tuesday in each month. Judge—Hod. H. T. Cooper. JUSTIOXS COURTS. 730th Diet. G. M. meets first Tim mlay in each month. J. I. Feely, J. P., W. H. Cash, N. P., D. W. Johns and W. K. Hunt, I*, C. *• 733th Diet. G. M., meets second Saturday. A. R. Bomar, J. P., B. A. Arnold, N. P., 8. C. Yeager, h. C. 1 784th Dlst. G, M. meets fourth Saturday. Franklin Carver, J. p., (J. B. Baggett, N. i*., J. C. James and M. 8. Gore, L. Cs. 1259th Dias. G. M. meets third Saturday. T, M. Hamilton. J.P., M. L Yates, N. P., H. W. Biggers, L.C., 8. J. Jourdan, L. 0. 1230th Dial.. G. M. meets third Saturday. N. W. Camp, J. I’., W. 8. Hudson, N. P., J. A. Hill, L. C. ’ 12715 t Dist. G. M. meets first Saturday, C. O. Clintou,J. P. Aiberry Hembree, N. P., 1272nd Dist. G. M. meets fourth Friday. . Geo. W, Smith, J. P., C. J. Robinson, N. I’., 1273rd Dist. G. M. meeta third Friday. Thos. White, J. P., A. J. Bowen, N. P., W. J. Harbin, l. a Cards. ROBERT A. MASSEY, Attorney at law Ms DOUGLASVILLE, GA. (bfflee in front room, Dorsett’s Building. t Will practice anywhere except In the County y Court of Douglass county. W. A. JAMES, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice In all the courts, Slate tn Federal. Office on Court House Square, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. WIL T ROBERTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the Court*. All leg* tmaineM will receive prompt attention. Office » in now®. O. O. CAMP, ATTORNEY AT LAW. DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice iu al! the court*. All business intrusted to him will receive prompt sttaaliou. B, G. GRIGGS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. •S. * Will practice in all the courts, State and Fwlrral. JOHN M, EDGE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. | 5 DOUG LAS VII I JR, GA. WilymcUce in aU the eourta, and promptly aiteudto ail busmen entrusted to his sere. J. S. JIBES, ATTORNEY,AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice »u ibe courts of Donglan. LWtpbclU Uwdl, PanlJlng, Cobb. F«ium ami •dteinteg couuUm. Pn>u.pt attention given io all bualnvM. J. h. ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE. GA. Will p?»."tuv m all the cwnrta, both Slate and FtaUrat. OnterttaM a spcctatiy. JOHH FmGL ATTORNEY AT LAW» DOUGLASVILLE, GA. JOB PRINTING NEATLY DONE AT THE “STAR ’ OFFICE i Weefeto Star. AMONG THE MOQUIS. Pueblo Indians Resenting the i * Presence of Whites. A Curiosity Collector’s Exciting' Adven ture with His Wife iu Arizona. Colonel James Stevenson, of the Bu reau of Ethnology, haa returnmi to Washington after a sojourn of about six montlis among the IndiauH of Arizona, bringing a earload of r:ire and valuable curios, illustrative of the social habits, : worship, and industries of various tribes, of which little is known. He was a<- j coni]Kinied in his t ravels by -Vlrs. Steven \ son, and the pair had an adventure among the Pueblo Indians quite unusual iin its character. Having explored some newly discovered cave villages in the vi cinity of Flagstaff, Arizona, they gather ed a small party and struck across the ; desert to the northeast for the Moqui , towns, several days’ journey distant. They arrived safely, and encamped at I the foot of a higli mesa, upon the top of i which stands Oreibc, the largest, west- I ermnost, and least known of all the I “Pueblo’’towns. Its population is about 850 souls, and the village is a compact mass of rubble structures, standing one , upon another, like a pile of empty boxes, ; and with as little regard to any general | plan of nrchiteidure. The like i all village Indians, are comparatively I harmless, but, unlike the majority, have ; a strong aversion to contact with the , whites. Some of the leading men of the town i came down to the camp, and, after eon ' sidcrable palaver, gave consent 4hat j their village might be visited, but stipu i lated that no effort should be made to convert the jwople to Christianity. The j next day Mr. and Mrs. Stevcnaou, accom ' pmiicd by their four friendly Moquis ■ from,other villages ami as many Nava joes, rodq to the top of the mesa, ilis : mounted, walked into the village plaza, ’ and thence climbed a ladder to the top of i the cociq tie’s, or high priest's house. ' When the preseuei! of the strangers ho ' came known there were signs of exeite l m<-nt throughout the village. The neigh- I boring hoiisetojie ’and;'the plaza were I thronged with excited /barbarians, who chatted in loud voices ami made threat ening gestures. One burly savage upon a roof just above the eocique’s dangled a ' lariat suggestively noosed at the end, and , loudly demanded that the white* be ; taken to the estufa, or underground ! chapel of the village, and there sunnnari !)y dealt with. One or two demonstra tive individuals volunteered to be the first to apply the knife. The friendly Mo<piis stood their ground only a few j minutes, and then disappeared, but the i Navajoes, who tm* made of firmer mate rial, rwntuned. Col. Stevenson says that while the sit uation was highly interesting it was i probably less alarming than it would I have been to ]wople unacquainted with ; the natural timidity of the Pueblos, j Mrs. Stevenson, who hits sojournt'd with her husband through many wild tribes and knows the Indian character well, | created an opportune diversion by shak- I ing her fist in the face of a hunch-backed j savage, whost* vindictive eloquence seem i ed to exert a most nuschievous influence i over his fellows, addressing to him at the j same time several brief but vigorous re i marks in Fmglish and Spanish which he was, of course, quite unable to under i stand. Before the man had recovered his telf-posaeasion the strangers had backed down the ladder and then slowly made their way, with the howling pack, men. women, children and dogs, at their heels, to their ponies, mounted, and rode down to rtanp. They found the c<x>k. * who was the only other white person in the party, considerably alarmed. He said the camp was surroumted soon after their departure by many friendly Indians, but when the Moqui deserters reached ; them and told the story of the proceed ings on the me.Ni all mounted their po fcies and made haste to get away. The cook feared his conqianions had been made prisoners— js-rhaps murdered. The jkirty remaimnl in the neighbor hood several day* visiting the. other Moqui villages, to all of which they i were welcomed, and many times they were visited surreptitiously at night by people from Oreibe, who brought curios for salt, which they dared not offer open ly, In this way a fair collection was made. Meanwhile the story of the ejn wmlc in Owibv was carried to Keam’s I O*nun, 35 miles distant, the proprietor of which, an English ranchman, has lived in the vk inity many years, and by fair dealing, pluck, and firmness has gained •n extraordinary influence with Navajoes and Moquis. Mr. Keam at once organ bed a party of three or four white men. the only ones living within 60 mile*, and » dossen or twenty Navajoca for a rescue. The Creibes received information of FAWNING TO NONE-CH ARITY TO ALL. DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MAY 11. 1886. his approach, and the licsml men of their tribe incontinently fled. Ream sent his Navajoes after them, and the two, includ ing the hunch-backed chief, were brought in. Keain tied their elbows and took them to his ranch for disciplina, the Stevcnsous accompanying them. The prisoners were defiant at first, but after two <>r three days' confinement under the guardianship of Navajo jailers, Who beat drums, dtuuied, and indulged in other terrifying jierformances, they began to relent and confessed that they had acted badly. “Now you are beginning to talk rea son,’’ said Kearn, “and we will see alxmt letting you go soon.” “But,” snarled the hunch-back, “we must go now.” ■•Hold on, my friend, you are too fast. You will not be so abrupt, perhaps, to morrow.” After another night's confinement the prisoners begged their liberty and were joined in their prayers by a deputation from the village. They promised good behavior in the future and extended an apparently cordial invitation to the Stev enson* to return. “Now,” said Keani, “you are talking like men. We will keep you another night.” The next day they were sctaf w and went away crestfallen and repentant. —Ac/r York Timex. No Initials. Since the death of William 11. Vander bilt his sons, Cornelius and William K., concern themselves actively, in company with President Depew, in the business doings at the Grand Central Depot, New York. Cornelius finds time, however, to go down occasionally into the basement of that big structure, where the chapel and reading-rooms of the Railway Young Men’s Christian association are situated, to attend the prayer meeting. This in terest is not new to him, for it was he who got from his father the use of the premises. At a noon assemblage of a score of em ployes for devotion, the other day, one of the worshsjiers was Bob Sinter, a clerk in the baggage department. He is said to be the most methodical and conscientious of all in the office, and mybody doubts that his religion is of the same vkcclleni'e. Owing to some errors arising of late, from t he clerk’s habit of designating the differ-J ent railroads by the initials of their names iu railing off bills of lading, the orders are that no longer can they say “N. and H.” for New Haven and Hartford, or “N. E.” for New England. Every word must be spoken in full. Well, Bob be gan to pray in this noon meeting, over which Cornelius presided. The burden of his petition was that a friend might be converted, and he said: “’O, Lord,” i grant that the heart of that dear young bstggiigeman who start; d anliour ago on the Chicago special on the H. 11. R. and • N. Y. may be t niched with salva tion." Then a consciousness of a Van- ; derbilt presence, and a memory of the i new, nite, mine into Bob’s mind, and he hesitatingly added: “I beg pardon, I mean the Hudson River and Ne w York Central. ''—Philodeiyhia Newx. "MM——te«—i ■■ i V A Doctor** Confession. * A young St. Louis doctor said to a re porter; You frequently wee funny ex pressions in print about doctors killing their patients. Well, the thing is often j true. I, myself, acknowledgt? to having killed two patients. I killed them out right, and make no lames of confessing the fact. One man 1 kilted by prescrib ing morphine at a time w hen his system was not strong enough to stand the dose, j He left an estate, and there was some ex citement about dividing the estate. Hie wife was charged with having poisoned him, and the remains were exhumed, and there was a great to-do about the matter, but 1 puUed through it all right. The other man was suffering from a pro longed spree, and I gave him chloral, which killed him. It was an out-and- , out murder, but the Coroner held an in quest, and attributed his death to jim jams. These two jx-opte I know I killed, and. as lam yet young, and there are more active poisonous agents than those I have so far exjjerimented with, I expect to kill mon: people before I die. tyieer Old Hymns. We stumbleti awhile ago ou the fol lowing in one of Newton's hymns: The kine ungukted went , By the din?cted nwi. When tbt- Philistines homeward aeot The ark of Israel's God. Jjowing they puewd ateog. And left their calves shut ttp; They felt am interest for their yooug. But would Not tum nor stop. This its worthy ’.King remembered with Isaac Watts's verses: He qpake, and straight our heawta and brains, With all tbwr moticos Lrt blood mid W, flow around the veins. And round the rate it flow*. —Christ ten Advocate. \ THE OLDEST MAN. An Ex-Slsve Near Detroit Claims that Distinction. , He is Said to be 127 Year? Old and He members the Revolutionary War. • When old “Dad” Freeman was buried across the river in Windsor a short time ago, says a Detroit (Mich.) letter to the New Y’ork llerahl, it was believed that the oldest man in the world had been laid to rest. “Dad” was 122 vears old, as conclusively proved before his death, and left 138 descendants. Since Free man was buried some relic hunters have brought forwanl a man whose authentic record fixes his age at the remarkable j figure of 127 years. The proof furnished ! leaves no room for doubt. The name of ’ this man is Andrew Lucas. He is the father of Mr. P. A. Lucas, who for nine I years past has kept a barber shop in De- • troit. Mr. Lucas was born a slave under i the father of General Jackson, he of ; “eternal” fame, and was a grown man when the General .succeeded to the pa ternal estate. He remembers the Revo lutionary War distinctly and recalls many te-ypy interesting’ incidents of the second this country and Great ; that it is as dis tinct to him General Jackson went, to New Orleans m. that very memorable struggle, when he accompanied the General as his body ser vant. He describes the cotton bales piled up as a temporary fortification. Soon after this, at a time when the ; General was away, Lucas was whipped ' for some reason and ran away. He re members very well why he was whipped, | but docs not give the reason. He worked , his way slowly north and crossed into i Canada at Black Rock, on the Niagara I Inver. Andrew Kirby, then customs ; collector at Fort Erie, sheltered him and helped him to crigss into the King’s do main. Lucas found employment in the : family of General Brook, who was killed iin the War of 1812 at Queenstown ' Heights. Next he ran on the Niagara River, under Captain John Clinch, for i th>by his employer because the lafltA’ aSdere.l him too old to be r useful. Lucas was then sixty-two ye.yrs , old. Lues| soon found employment again, this time at Kingston, Ont., where he married his second wife. His slave wife i had borne him sfcven children. Ills sec ond and free wife had bofehim seventeen. I One daughter by this union is now living i at East Saginaw,Mich. Her name is I Mrs. AVilliams, and she is seventy-one , years old. Fifty years ago Lucas removed to Bnml ford, Ont. There he got work from the father of Judge Stevenson, of Cayuga. The Judge, though now an old < man himself, remembers Lucas a» a man : about seventy years old when he, as a j boy, was going to school. For twenty-nine years Luc:is was a driver for the express company at Brant ford and resigned the place ten years ago for the n asou that he was getting along in years and felt the need of rest. He 1 has the frame of a once powerful man and stands six feet three inches in his stockings. A year ago he sawed and split twenty-five cords of wood for Wil j liain E. Walling, of Brantford. Up to three years ago he never wore spectacles, and during the summer of 1883, when visiting his son in Detroit, Mr. Lucas read the City Hall clock in front of ■ the Kirkwood House, across the Campus Martius. He then walked without the assistance of a cane, being 124 years old! This is a most remarkable case of lon gevity. Lucas is certainly as old as stat ed, and from his appearance to-day promises to hang on for some time to come. This man ia probably the oldest person living. He has witnessed the de velopment of the most wonderful era in the world’s history, and has jsersonal rec -1 olh'etions of all the many great events in the career of this nation. A Mother’s Sacrifice. ‘‘Now. listen to me and pay at tention, for cm these few words may de pend your future Imppiness." ‘’Yes, ma.” “When Henry comes this evening and you pass him the nit. w atch his counte nance closely." “Yes, mm” “If he trembles with joy, ask him how he likes your cookery. But if he shud ders, just mention casually that your mother always attends to the pastry." “Oli, ma! how kind of you.” “Don't mention it. He will hate me, but when I live with you, after marriage all will be explained.”— C«U. More tomatoes are canned annually in I New Jersey, it » stated, than in any other state, and more are canned in I j Salem than in any other county. Origin of Snowshoeing. Snowshoeing is an Indian custom of long standing. The aborigines found themselves, long before the advent of the white man to the American continent, unable to traverse the snow-covered earth, which snow, then as now, drifted into the smaller valleys and gullies, rendering traveling over its surface dangerous and at times impossible. This condition of affairs was most characteristic of the ex treme northern portion of the northern continent. The snow fell early in the fall and remained till late in the spring. The moccasined feet of the braves sank deep into the drifts, and even the pract iced eyes of the denizens of the forest were unable to pick out the scantily-cov ered earth from the equally inviting sur face of snow that covered up a small gulloy. As a result they formed s t first rude bark coverings for their feet, which, by extending the surface of their weight over a larger area, enabled them to scurry over the surface of the snow-clad earth. By degrees they perfected the snowshoe, similar in construction, if not in shape, to the racquet used in lawn-tennis and the lacrosse club used in the game of that name. The snowshoe conformed to the shape of the foot, and in addition was extremely light. It was easily carried, and when on the feet did not materially interfere yvith locomotion. They became very popular with the Indian tribes locat- M territory now known as the Hudson T>By*C(uintry and the Northwest ern territory as Canada. Many of the most pro ficient in using the ’ u ' stead of proving an impediment to T 022" motion they increased the natural gait, so* that those accustomed to using the win ter shoes could cover from sixty to seventy-five miles from the dawning to the going down of a sun. They wore them during the entire winter season, mid found them not only an assistance in traveling, but also a source of warmness, as the feet were in a measure separated from the snow, and the natural heat of the lower extremities was thus not neut ralized by close contact with the cold snow. It was soon found that the wear er was not obliged to assume any unnat ural step or motion hi moving over the su.ovv, but that the natural step was all that was essential in making the best time With the snowshpes. A few Indians in each tribe becamu most expert in the use of the snowshoe®, and as a result the winter sports or games ‘’came to include snowshoeing as an essential feature. The aspiring braves and the young men of each village began to consider it an ae* complishinrtjt worth the while and digni ty of every Indian, and many contests and games were arranged to show their skill and proficiency in this particular, j The snowshoes were made of the best material that could be fountl. The finest workmansliip was expended in their manufacture, and the greatest amount of j decoration was not only permitted, but : invited in their general make-up.— St. ■ Patti Pior<rer Prexx. Frozen dl2 Feet Depp. Scientific men have been {terplexed for j many years over the phenomenon of a I certain well at Yakutsk, Siberia. A Rus- I sian merchant in 1828 began to dig the ■ well, but he gave up the task three years I later, when he had dug down thirty feet i and was still in solidly frozen soil. Then the Russian Academy of Sciences dug t away at the well for months, but stopped when it had reached a depth of 382 feet, ! when the ground was still frozen as hard as a rock. In 1844 the academy had the temperature of the excavation ’ carefully taken at various depths, and j from these data it was est-mated that ; the ground was frozen to a depth of 612 feet. Although the pole of the < greatest cold is in this piovince of Yakutsk, not even the tcrnbte severi ty of the Siberian winters could freeze , the ground to a depth of 600 f ee t. i Geologists have decided that the frozen ; valley of the lower Lena is a formation of the glacial period. They l>elieve, in short, that it froze solidly then, and • has never since had a chance to thaw , out. The Me awing of Sealing Wax. As many of our readers well know, it * is the fashion now to seal letters with wax instead of the ordinary mucilage. ’ But that the color of the wax possesses a significance of itself is not s> generally known. The ordinary red wax signifies business, .and is supposed to be used only for business letters. Black is, of I course, used for mourning and condol- i enee. Blue means love, and in the four I or five tints of this color, each stage of ! the tender passion can be accurately ! portrayed. When pink is used congratu- j lotion is extended. An invitation to a i wedding or other festivity is sealed with white wax. Vanegated colors are sup posed to show conflicting emotion.— nutn't Art JmtrrtaL - - NUMBER IL CHEAP MEALS. j A Paradise for Tramps in th® i . Great Metropolis. i i A Restaurant Where a Dinner May bb Obtained for a Few Cents. After a very pleasant lunch in Park i Row, Defective Gilbert Carr said to a i New York reporter, “Wo know how all i decent people live; suppose we see how the beggars and tramps eat their food. I Let us go to Tramps’ Hall.” Tramps’ Hall is a small restaurant, if it can be so styled, in Pearl street near Chatham* The sign over the door bears the inscrip tion, “Small Delmonico.” There area half dozen tables and twenty-four stools 'in the place. The tables arc made of rude material and are covered with white oilcloth. There are a few cheap pictures and theatrical show bills hung up on the walls. The kitchen is in the rear and communicates with the eating place by . means of a door in which an aperture has ; lieen cut. Through this door the dishes I ordered by customers are handed out. j The cook and the kitchen are rigidly kept in seclusion. No outsider is allowed to enter the mysterious laboratory in which the repasts of the Lazar uses of ■ New Y’ork arc prepared. There are no ' waiters, for the proprietor, Mr. R. Barna ! bo, is too wise to trust strangers in so ; economical a business. He acts as wait- ■ er and cashier, and his deep trousers. pocket is the till from which he makes change. Mr. Barnabo is an 10U nature, something in YweKUiy of a cross between Mr. Wardle’s fat boy and Uriah Heep. He fairly bub bles over with good nature and impress es a casual visitor with the idea that he j is ready at any moment to throw his i arms around the stranger’s neck and kiss him on both cheeks, after the traditional : and repugnant Italian fashion. A curious j crowd was partaking of Mr. Barnaßo’a i cheer. There were two blind mendi cants and two blear-eyed women who ! share their spoils, a cripple who hobbles I about on the stumps of his legs, an organ grinder who had deposited his instru ment under the table at which he sat, and a vagabond dressed in solder’s uni form, who is doubtless faniiliar to the general public as a broken-down veteran who lost liis arm at Fredericksburg. iTw plates were of the coarsest crockery, the knives and forks of the commonest kind and the spoons of pewter. “It does not pay to have expensive articles here,” said Detective Carr, with an explanatory smile; “the customers might be tempted to leave the house and take them with them.” Mr. Barnabo proudly exhibited to the reporter his bill of fare and pric* list. It rear! sis follows: (!ent«. Cental Cup of coffee or tea, 1 Fried fish, 4 Bowl of coffee or tea,2 Beefsteak, Cruller. 1 Pork chops, 4 Bowl of soup, 2 Fried brains, 4 Fried liver, 8 Pork and beans, 4 Heart, stew, 3 1 Sausages, 4 Fried heart, 3 Bread pudding, 4 Hash, 3 Liver and bacon, 5 Roost heart, 3 Roast l>eef, 5 Pies, 4 Veal cutlet, 5 Pies, half, 21 Roast mutton, 5 Beef stew, 4jTwo fried eggs, 5 Mutton stew, 4 Maccauroni, Pork stew. 4'Chicken stew, 5 Corned beef and cab., 41 Roast veal, Pig’s head and mb., 4; Ham and eggs, 10 Muttonchops, UHainberger steak, 10 When asked how he could sell food at such a price and earn any profit, Mr. Bar nabo smiled, shrugged his Shoulders and said: “Economy, signor, always econo my.” On leaving Tramps’ Hall Detect ive Carr said to the reporter: “There i, no mystery about the matter. In th* hotels the unused food left on theii plates by guests at meal-time is sorted out when brought back to the kitchen. Every evening Mir. Barnabo calls with his wagon, secures it and recompenses the cook with whom he is doing business. That is the cook's perquisite. So it is that the precise article which a surfeited millionaire refused to his stomach yester day is consumed complacently to-day bj “One-eyed Jimmy” or “Slobbery Mike" in Tramps’ Hall.” The Boy Hot Along. The AVall Street Daib/ Newt tolls this story: “It was a New York capitalist who flung SI,OOO at one of his sons a year ago and said; ‘There it is, and it is the last dollar you’ll get from me. Yos don’t know enough to pound salt. Spec ulation! You haven’t sense enough te buy and ship eggs. The other day the old man went down to Florida to sec about a 3,000-acre tract of land he had purchased at $3 an acre for an orange grove. He went to the headquarters of ‘The Florida Orange Grove Estate Agen cy,’ and he found that his son was Presi dent, Secretary, Treasurer, and sole own er. Half an hour' later he discovered that his 3,000 acres raised alligators iih stead of oranges, and that the boy had cleared about SB,OOO in the single tran*. action.